"There is a group of moderate Republicans in the House that helped the minority Democrats pass this budget, and that's when the extremists got really nervous and decided to go home for the holidays," Wolf said. "Folks, elections have consequences. You put extremists into power, this is what you get."

State lawmakers went back to work Tuesday for the first time since budget negotiations collapsed just before Christmas. Officials said leaders of both parties planned to discuss the stalled budget talks. A spokesman said Wolf had no immediate plans to participate.

"I'm not sure what more needs to be done," Wolf said. "If they don't want to have a budget, there's little I can do beyond what I've done."